Gardenia Gone!

Gardenia 

They have removed the two gardenia bushes at the bottom of my block! There was no consultation with the residents, and no warning - one day they were gone leaving a gaping expanse of dirt. They left the lipstick palm intact, but that doesn't have exquisitely fragrant blooms that I can bend down to and smell the heady perfume. The next day there was a layer of dark earth. Then a bed of leafy broad-leafed plants and some smaller, very delicate looking little ones. Too delicate. They all looked dead when I walked by today.

They should have left me my gardenias.